Transplant
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VEGF-A value may stratify risk in pediatric heart transplant recipients
Key clinical point: Plasma VEGF-A levels may be a biomarker of risk for pediatric heart transplant patients. Major finding: Patients with plasma...
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Study outlines risk factors for solid organ cancers after liver transplantation
Key clinical point: Immunosuppression regimen selection influences risk for solid cancers after liver transplantation.Major Finding: Risk of a new...
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Early elimination of cyclosporine after heart transplant has renal benefit
Key clinical point: For post–heart transplant patients, early cessation of cyclosporine when using an everolimus-containing regimen appears to be...
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HCV infection raises risk of death after kidney transplant
Key clinical point: Centers should be selective when kidney transplant candidates are HCV positive, but controlled HIV infection should no longer...
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Many surgical residents consider quitting during training
Major finding: More than half of survey respondents (58%) considered quitting their general surgery residency, an issue more persistent with...
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FDA approves ex vivo lung perfusion device that preserves donor organs
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Tests may help before liver transplant, not after
Key clinical point: Serum-ascites albumin gradient and ascites total protein cannot be relied upon to differentiate the cause of ascites after...
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Liver transplant exceptions deserve fresh look
Major finding: Liver transplant recipients with hepatopulmonary syndrome have success similar to that of other transplant candidates, unless...
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Lung transplants in HIV-positive gaining momentum
Major finding: Mild acute rejection occurred in two HIV-positive patients who were transplanted for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; they have...
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Outcomes linked to distance from liver transplant center
Major finding: Living more than 100 miles from a VA transplant center means that veterans in liver failure are less likely to survive to...
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Two studies: Preimplant kidney biopsy doesn’t predict organ viability
Major finding: In one study, biopsy findings from donor kidneys did not correlate with performance of the allografts after transplantation, and in...